Incidental Mutation 'R4545:Chrna6'
ID 333721
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Chrna6
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000031491
Gene Name cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 6
Synonyms alpha6 nAChR, Acra6
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Probably non essential (E-score: 0.069) question?
Stock # R4545 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Validated
Chromosome 8
Chromosomal Location 27893240-27903972 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) A to T at 27896711 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Serine to Threonine at position 389 (S389T)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000033882 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000033882]
AlphaFold Q9R0W9
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000033882
AA Change: S389T

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.000 (Sensitivity: 1.00; Specificity: 0.00)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000033882
Gene: ENSMUSG00000031491
AA Change: S389T

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
Pfam:Neur_chan_LBD 34 240 1.7e-78 PFAM
Pfam:Neur_chan_memb 247 483 1.2e-89 PFAM
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.0898 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.2%
  • 3x: 98.5%
  • 10x: 97.1%
  • 20x: 94.7%
Validation Efficiency 98% (41/42)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] This gene encodes an alpha subunit of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. These receptors consist of five subunits and function as ion channels involved in neurotransmission. The encoded protein is a subunit of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors that mediate dopaminergic neurotransmission and are activated by acetylcholine and exogenous nicotine. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been observed for this gene. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in this gene have been associated with both nicotine and alcohol dependence. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2010]
PHENOTYPE: Homzygous mutant animals have decreased numbers of high affinity binding sites for [3H]nicotine, [3H]epibaditine, and [3H]cytisine in the terminal region of the retinal ganglion. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 38 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Akr1c20 A C 13: 4,557,843 (GRCm39) V201G probably damaging Het
Atf7 A G 15: 102,442,762 (GRCm39) V449A probably benign Het
Ccr1 G A 9: 123,764,437 (GRCm39) A31V probably benign Het
Clic6 C T 16: 92,289,045 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Cmya5 G A 13: 93,228,426 (GRCm39) R2221* probably null Het
Coq8b G T 7: 26,932,930 (GRCm39) C13F probably benign Het
Cspg4 T A 9: 56,795,913 (GRCm39) L1216Q possibly damaging Het
Decr1 C A 4: 15,930,979 (GRCm39) V118F probably damaging Het
Dlec1 A T 9: 118,957,146 (GRCm39) I796F probably damaging Het
Dnajc11 T A 4: 152,064,398 (GRCm39) D516E probably damaging Het
Dock8 G A 19: 25,165,722 (GRCm39) V1869M probably damaging Het
Dst A G 1: 34,227,819 (GRCm39) D1982G probably damaging Het
Gnptab G A 10: 88,250,457 (GRCm39) D190N probably benign Het
Golga4 A G 9: 118,385,913 (GRCm39) K22E probably damaging Het
Hecw2 T C 1: 53,852,381 (GRCm39) *1579W probably null Het
Ica1l A G 1: 60,052,977 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Ift122 T A 6: 115,867,549 (GRCm39) L433Q probably damaging Het
Iqgap1 T C 7: 80,412,315 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Klra13-ps T C 6: 130,268,232 (GRCm39) noncoding transcript Het
Mndal A T 1: 173,703,230 (GRCm39) Y58* probably null Het
Mvb12b G C 2: 33,717,712 (GRCm39) P172R possibly damaging Het
Ncapg T C 5: 45,828,554 (GRCm39) F102L probably damaging Het
Or1e30 T C 11: 73,677,992 (GRCm39) V76A probably damaging Het
Or5an11 T C 19: 12,246,188 (GRCm39) V198A possibly damaging Het
Or5b97 T A 19: 12,878,632 (GRCm39) K171* probably null Het
Pde8a A T 7: 80,977,847 (GRCm39) R713S probably damaging Het
Rbks T C 5: 31,781,912 (GRCm39) N296S probably benign Het
Sema3c G A 5: 17,899,770 (GRCm39) V421I probably benign Het
Tm9sf1 A G 14: 55,875,565 (GRCm39) V393A possibly damaging Het
Tubgcp2 G A 7: 139,575,984 (GRCm39) P893L possibly damaging Het
Uba52rt C T 4: 3,973,244 (GRCm39) R106H probably benign Het
Vnn3 G A 10: 23,732,224 (GRCm39) R158H probably benign Het
Zfa-ps G T 10: 52,421,032 (GRCm39) noncoding transcript Het
Zfp414 T C 17: 33,850,622 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Zfp810 G A 9: 22,190,041 (GRCm39) T289I probably damaging Het
Zfp819 G T 7: 43,267,209 (GRCm39) R488L probably damaging Het
Zfp942 C T 17: 22,147,285 (GRCm39) G448D probably benign Het
Zscan12 A G 13: 21,550,875 (GRCm39) K165E possibly damaging Het
Other mutations in Chrna6
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL00476:Chrna6 APN 8 27,896,560 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02040:Chrna6 APN 8 27,897,289 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
IGL02067:Chrna6 APN 8 27,894,424 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02674:Chrna6 APN 8 27,896,879 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
IGL03011:Chrna6 APN 8 27,903,682 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.48
R0087:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,014 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0421:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,898,415 (GRCm39) missense probably null 0.98
R0786:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,898,408 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.26
R1784:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,896,812 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.60
R1834:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,242 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R2087:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,155 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R4785:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,134 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5621:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,068 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6002:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,896,774 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R6834:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,898,338 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R6937:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,055 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6968:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,896,683 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R7303:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,019 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R7319:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,896,815 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.58
R7775:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,392 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7778:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,392 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7824:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,392 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7879:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,109 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8100:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,903,844 (GRCm39) start gained probably benign
R8292:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,896,754 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.05
R8696:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,195 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R8754:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,229 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8939:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,896,870 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R9041:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,896,923 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
Z1177:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,903,717 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- AGGGCTCCACTTTTACCTCG -3'
(R):5'- GTGCTGAACATACACTACAGGACC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- ACCTCGTTTGTTTCATTGTGGC -3'
(R):5'- TACAGGACCCCAGCAACG -3'
Posted On 2015-08-18